Cecil Mathews v. Michael D. Crews, etc.

Petitioner Cecil Mathews has filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this Court. Although the Florida Constitution authorizes this Court to issue “writs of mandamus,” art. V, § 3(b)(8), Fla. Const., the basis for this Court to exercise this origi nal extraordinary writ jurisdiction is extremely limited.

We dismiss Mathews’ petition for writ of mandamus as unauthorized, as Mathews seeks to renew a time-barred and merit-less challenge to his criminal conviction for second-degree murder on the basis that the assistant state attorney who signed the 2005 information and 2006 indictment was not…